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WHEN
May 18, 2024 at 9:30am - 4pm
WHERE
Building 3 - Chapman Conference Center, Room 3210
 WHEN
May 18, 2024 at 9:30am - 4pm
 WHERE
Building 3 - Chapman Conference Center, Room 3210
Miami Dade College (Wolfson Campus)
245 NE 4th St, Miami, FL 33132
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FREE parking can be found in Building 7 (Garage 1), located at 500 NE 2nd Avenue. Please use this garage only. No other garage is open on Saturdays.

Opening Remarks from Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava

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Daniella Levine Cava
Miami-Dade County Mayor

Daniella Levine Cava was elected Miami-Dade County's first-ever woman mayor in November 2020. As mayor, she oversees a metropolitan government of nearly 30,000 employees, serves nearly 3 million residents, and manages an annual budget of nearly $12 billion. 

A social worker, lawyer, and nonprofit leader, Mayor Levine Cava entered the Mayor’s Office following a 40-year career fighting for South Florida families. At Legal Services of Greater Miami, she served special needs children, low-income families and immigrants, and then went on to lead the Guardian Ad Litem Program, representing our most vulnerable children in the foster care and adoption systems. In the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew, she created an innovative new intake system for child abuse cases with the Department for Children and Families.

In 1996, Mayor Levine Cava founded Catalyst Miami to help low- and middle-income families through service, education, and advocacy. Catalyst still thrives today and helps approximately thousands each year to become more self-sufficient and civically engaged.